History
In 1914 to 1930, Indonesia had amateur national football league organized by the Nederlandsch Indische Voetbal Bond (NIVB), namely DEI Championship.
Prior to 1979, Indonesia had an amateur national football league system, namely Perserikatan, which consisted several levels of competition. This league founded in 1931 replaced DEI Championship. It's the first Indonesia football league competition organized by PSSI.
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Perserikatan | |||||||||||||||||
In 1979/80, a semi-professional league was founded, namely Galatama (English: The Premier League), which was consisted of only one level of competition (except 1983 and 1990 in which it involved 2 divisions). Therefore, since 1979, both Galatama and Perserikatan were existed and had their own league systems.
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Perserikatan | Galatama | ||||||||||||||||
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Perserikatan First Division | Galatama First Division (just played in 1980, 1983 & 1990) |
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Perserikatan Second Division (since 1987) |
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In 1994, PSSI merged both competitions into a new competition system, namely the Liga Indonesia. All clubs from both top level leagues were merged into the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the new system's top flight league. Furthermore, since Galatama did not have a lower level leagues, Liga Indonesia's lower leagues took all clubs from the same level in Perserikatan.
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Liga Indonesia Premier Division | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia First Division | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia Second Division | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia Third Division (since 2005) |
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In 2008, PSSI created a new level, the Indonesia Super League (ISL), as the system's new top flight league. Hence, the Premier Division was then relegated to the second and so on. This new league was created to introduce full professionalism in Indonesian football.
In parallel with this league, U-21 teams from each participating ISL clubs compete in the ISL U-21.
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Indonesia Super League | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia Premier Division | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia First Division | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia Second Division | |||||||||||||||||
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Liga Indonesia Third Division | |||||||||||||||||
In 2011, PSSI replaced the ISL with the Indonesian Premier League (IPL).
Read more about this topic: Indonesian Football League System
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